For Bobby Dale Earnhardt, the 2026 ARCA Menards Series season is going to be a major opportunity. Bobby Dale, son of Dale Earnhardt's oldest, Kerry Earnhardt, has made a handful of starts in the NASCAR O'Reilly Series and ARCA in the past.
At age 38, Bobby Dale Earnhardt is getting a chance to run the full ARCA Menards Series schedule. That's a major opportunity. Rise Racing is fielding the No. 89 in conjunction with Earnhardt-Shearer Racing.
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One look at this car and you can already tell the inspiration behind it. If this Chevy had a No. 3 on the doors and roof, it would look like a ghost from the past. A really solid throwback inspired racecar, and one that will be fun to keep up with throughout the 2026 ARCA season.
The Earnhardt family is all about racing. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kelley Earnhardt Miller live and breathe racing. However, Kerry Earnhardt and his family have had their fair share of starts in the stock car world.
This is a great opportunity for Bobby Dale Earnhardt. Better late than never, and after all, he's an Earnhardt. Imagine the headlines if he went out and won the ARCA 200 at Daytona this year? It would be everything that ARCA and NASCAR could ask for, honestly.
If you would rather focus on a younger Earnhardt, there is always Kelley's son, Wyatt Miller. He is a very talented racer at a very young age. He's starting to get into full-bodied stock cars and will likely be racing in the CARS Tour before too long.
Time goes by, and yet, the Earnhardts are still in racing. Bobby Dale Earnhardt has the opportunity of his career with this season ahead. Can he make the most of this moment?